Improvement in portable fences



THOMAS MOQUARY, OF DAVIESS COUNTY, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO SAMUEL J. HARRIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PCRTABLE FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 159,952, dated February16, 1375; application filed November 6, 1874. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS McQUARY, of Daviess county, in the State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription. thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingand to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a fence composed of a series of separate and independent panels,connected by top and bottom caps, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a planview of detached parts of the fence. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof a sectionof fence set up, with the top caps taken oh; and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the same.

Each panel of my fence is composed of a series of horizontal boards orplanks,'A A, fastened to a post, B, at each end, said posts being onopposite sides of the panel, asshown. The outer side of each post B ismore or less beveled, and the ends of the planks cut or beveled tocorrespond therewith. The ends of the posts 13 B are formed with roundtenons we, the lower ones of which are inserted in bottom caps orfoot-pieces c 0. Each footpiece has two holes to receive the bottomtenons of the posts of two adjoining panels, and the upper tenons ofsaid posts are connected by similar caps or top pieces, D. When thepanels are thus united they are to be turned until the beveled sides ofthe adjoining posts butt against each other, thereby forming what isknown as a worm-fence. The greater the bevel of the posts the more anglethe fence will have.

The fence may be made straight, square, or any other desired form. Ifthe fence is made straight the panels must be fastened to the ground bystakes I) through the foot-pieces G. No fastening to the ground isnecessary, except When the fence is made straight, or nearly so, or whena gate is needed.

Any panel may be used a gate by fastening the foot-pieces at both endsof such panel to the ground by stakes, and removing the top cap D at oneend, when this panel will turn in the foot-piece and top cap at theother end as on a hinge.

Each panel may have a center batten or board, E, nailed to thehorizontal boards A, if desired.

This fence can be made entirely within doors and hauled to the placewhere needed ready to be put up. It is easily put up and taken downwithout injury to any part.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the horizontal boards AA, end posts B B, beveled asdescribed, and provided with tenons aa, foot-pieces c c, and top caps DD, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

THOMAS McQUARY. Attest:

G. W. RAY, CHARLES S. WALKER.

